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Article: POLITICS-US: HOUSE TIES IRAQ WITHDRAWAL TO WAR FUNDING.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- March 26, 2007
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by Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON, Mar. 23, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The new Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a $124-billion war spending bill with an explicit deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, in one of the most vocal challenges yet to the George W. Bush administration's policy in the country.
The bill, which passed 218-212 -- mostly split along party lines -- requires that combat operations in Iraq conclude by Aug. 31, 2008.
Withdrawal could occur earlier if the Iraqi government does not follow through on certain requirements for the ongoing U.S. occupation.
The House of Representatives' historic vote brings the first ...